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    The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is a species of carnivoran of the family Mustelidae, the weasels and their kin. Endemic to Japan, it is found on Honshu...
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    Northern hog badger, Arctonyx albogularis Greater hog badger, Arctonyx collaris Sumatran hog badger, Arctonyx hoevenii Genus Meles Japanese badger, Meles anakuma...
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  • Iriomote cat Japanese badger Japanese boar Japanese Bobtail Japanese black bear Japanese dormouse Japanese dwarf flying squirrel Japanese giant flying...
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    The American badger (Taxidea taxus) is a North American badger similar in appearance to the European badger, although not closely related. It is found...
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    The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel (/ˈrɑːtəl/ or /ˈreɪtəl/), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and...
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    The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, たぬき), is a species of canid endemic to Japan. It...
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    The European badger (Meles meles), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts...
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    ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) Formosan ferret-badger (Melogale subaurantiaca) Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) Burmese ferret-badger (Melogale...
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    Mujina (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
    Mujina (貉) is an old Japanese term primarily referring to the Japanese badger, but traditionally to the Japanese raccoon dog (tanuki), causing confusion...
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    Asian badger's. Its fur can be distinguished from the Asian and Japanese badgers by its facial mask, which resembles that of the European badger. The Caucasian...
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    weasels reach several hundred years of age, they become mujina (Japanese badgers). In Japanese, weasels are called iizuna or izuna (飯綱) and in the Tōhoku Region...
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    The Asian badger (Meles leucurus), also known as the sand badger, is a species of badger native to Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Korean...
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    are a diverse family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, stoats, badgers, otters, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids...
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    Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among other animals. The term "otter" originates...
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  • air of mystery. In Chinese and Japanese folklore, the badger character is a shapeshifter. In European folklore the badger character is intimately associated...
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    Stink badgers or false badgers are the species of the genus Mydaus of the skunk family of carnivorans, the Mephitidae. They resemble the better-known members...
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    Meles (genus) (category Badgers)
    Meles is a genus of badgers containing four living species known as Eurasian badgers, the Japanese badger (Meles anakuma), Asian badger (Meles leucurus)...
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    The Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), also known as the small-toothed ferret-badger is a member of the Mustelidae, and widely distributed in...
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    Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis), also called the Javan stink badger, teledu, Malay stink badger, Malay badger, Indonesian stink badger and Sunda...
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    weasel family, skunks have as their closest relatives the Old World stink badgers. In alphabetical order, the living species of skunks are: Family Mephitidae...
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    (link) Drabeck, D. H.; Dean, A. M.; Jansa, S. A. (2015). "Why the honey badger don't care: Convergent evolution of venom-targeted nicotinic acetylcholine...
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    Cyclopædia. 1879. "Fox". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (9th ed.). 1879. "The Badger and the Fox". Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 38. April 1891. Reprinted from...
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    hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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    hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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    ferret-badger (Melogale personata), also known as the large-toothed ferret-badger, is a mustelid native to Southeast Asia. The Burmese ferret-badger has...
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    hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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    hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M....
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    Lynx (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
    Hasegawa, Y. [in Japanese]; Kaneko, H.; Tachibana, M.; Tanaka, G. (2011). 日本における後期更新世~前期完新世産のオオヤマネコLynxについて [A study of the extinct Japanese Lynx from the...
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    Jakarta wildlife markets, Indonesia, with notes on trade in Javan Ferret Badger Melogale orientalis and on the increasing demand for Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus...
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    Similarly, the Hungarian name is rozsomák or torkosborz which means "gluttonous badger".[citation needed] In French-speaking parts of Canada, the wolverine is...
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